VOCABULARY - IDIOMS

A slap in the face

Meaning:

If you describe something as a slap in the face, you mean that you feel it as an insult or a rejection.

Examples:

  • Every call is like a slap in the face.
  • Every call is like a slap in the face.
  • Student 2: It was a slap in the face.
  • What a slap in the face of the European Union!
  • You've already gotten a slap in the face from me.
  • Now give me a slap in the face.
  • Now, that was a slap in the face to a fine journalist.
  • I know it's a slap in the face.
  • It's a slap in the face, Guatrau.
  • Student 3: It was a slap in the face to me.